Hi all, been an uneventful month since
our last post.
I had my hernia surgery about five and
a half weeks ago and the healing process has gone well. I'm a bigger
baby than Dale was with her back surgery as I'm not back to our daily
2.5 mile walks yet, but soon should be. Dale has been doing her daily
walks here at Elkhart Campgrounds every morning when there aren't any
conflicts. I've been following the Doctors orders for the most part
and not lifting any thing over 10 pounds. One of the strange side
effects of my surgery was the weight gain of 12 pounds over night
after the procedure, it took a few days to take it off, the weight
gain primarily was due to fluids administered, I guess.
We had a minor wreck with the Flex on
Wednesday after dinner with Jim and Luanne Cripe at Ponderosa
Steakhouse in Goshen on senior night. We were northbound on a 4 lane
divided highway when a young lady decided to turn right into the
side of our Flex from the 3rd of four lanes at a stop
light. That's right 3rd of 4 lanes, two through lanes and
a left and right turn lane at the light. She admitted fault to the
investigating officer and we both had the same insurance carrier.
Damage is to both driver's side doors and the rear quarter panel. So
the Flex is scheduled to go into a local Ford dealer's body shop the
Tuesday after labor day and should be fixed in about a week. The good
news is that since we were Ford owners and the Flex was under 5 years
old we will be getting a Lincoln SUV as a loaner at no charge. Sounds
like they take good care of their customers, we'll see how the
repairs go.
We've been hitting various restaurants
with friends and family in the area the past 3 weeks, once I felt
like venturing out. Had dinner with Ray and Linda Carris at the new
location of the Chubby Trout in Elkhart. I was impressed with both
the food and the quiet nature of the restaurant. We had been at the
old location once and never returned since the acoustics were lousy,
kinda like dining in the middle of a bowling alley. We also had a
visit from Tab and Deanna McBlane our fellow Alaska travelers from a
few years back, that meant a visit to Das Dutchman Essen Haus in
Middlebury, one of their and our favorite eating places in the area.
Tab and Deanna had to get a Peanut Butter Pie fix as is the norm for
one of their visits. Last Wednesday we had dinner at The Flippin' Cow
just north of the campground for their Burger Night with cousin Marty
and Betty Pace from just across the state line in Michigan, tonight
we're meeting up again at Stacy's Steakhouse outside of Adamsville,
Michigan for their steak for two dinner special. We did make a solo
trip to Heinnie's Steakhouse on our 46th Anniversary
August 28th … bad news as Dale sent her “medium rare'
prime rib back twice and still didn't get her normal quality of prime
rib, over done for her taste...excuse “someone” turned the oven
up over the weekend.
We are here at Elkhart Campground for
another 2 weeks and then we start our trek south, starting in central
Indiana for our annual doctor appointments for us and the dog. Then
it's off to see the kids!
Till next time. . .
Terry and Dale
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